Winter of the World
Denny says:
I am giving this five stars simply because it is part of a series of the best 20th century history books I have ever read and I learning SO MUCH from reading them. And they were enthralling in the fiction arena which kept me eating it up as I was learning. HOWEVER - they are NOT the cleanest books. Had I known this before I started them I may not have read them. There are several scenes of descriptive sexual interactions and foul language. But the history is so rich. I have considered... buying them and just blacking out the inappropriate sections just to be able to reference them later.
nido says:
It takes talent to write a series and keep the writing style and characters solid. I find it's rare that I love all books in a series but this one so far is exceeding my expectations. I was a little worried in the beginning but the characters ended up being just as strong as the first book. I've read a lot of reviews comparing these to Pillars of the Earth which I haven't read so maybe that's why I love these so much (I'll be reading Pillars in the near future). I have been wanting to learn more about the two World Wars and while everything in these books may not be 100% historically accurate he gives us a good gist of what was happening. These books makes me extremely grateful that my generation hasn't seen such hardships as our great-grandparents, grandparents. The horror many of them lived through or died because of is often forgotten, these books have put my life and my fortune back into perspective. Life could be A LOT harder for all of us.MoreLess
I am giving this five stars simply because it is part of a series of the best 20th century history books I have ever read and I learning SO MUCH from reading them. And they were enthralling in the fiction arena which kept me eating it up as I was learning. HOWEVER - they are NOT the cleanest books. Had I known this before I started them I may not have read them. There are several scenes of descriptive sexual interactions and foul language. But the history is so rich. I have considered... buying them and just blacking out the inappropriate sections just to be able to reference them later.
nido says:
It takes talent to write a series and keep the writing style and characters solid. I find it's rare that I love all books in a series but this one so far is exceeding my expectations. I was a little worried in the beginning but the characters ended up being just as strong as the first book. I've read a lot of reviews comparing these to Pillars of the Earth which I haven't read so maybe that's why I love these so much (I'll be reading Pillars in the near future). I have been wanting to learn more about the two World Wars and while everything in these books may not be 100% historically accurate he gives us a good gist of what was happening. These books makes me extremely grateful that my generation hasn't seen such hardships as our great-grandparents, grandparents. The horror many of them lived through or died because of is often forgotten, these books have put my life and my fortune back into perspective. Life could be A LOT harder for all of us.MoreLess
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Guest 6 years ago
Great book. Best I hace read in awile. Enjoyed it very much. Would recommend it. Great history. Learned more about the struggles of the war.
Guest 8 years ago
Ken Follett"s books are always very good.They are hard to put down and I always wish there was still more pages left in the book when I am finished . He has all kinds of things happening ,lots of wonderful characters and I always end up learning things that I hadn't known. Julie
Guest 7 years ago
He is one author, whose writings have stunning and unwavering attention. I have read a couple of his novels and in the slang they were unputdownable.
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